Author Archives: Darren Marchal

Divide emerges between retail, pros on how to play Ether upgrade

The crypto world has been abuzz about Ethereum’s upcoming software upgrade. Yet there’s a divide in terms of how to position for the so-called Merge: retail investors have been selling the underlying token, while institutions continue to buy. The trading desk at Genesis saw “some fresh bullish ETH views expressed” with investors buying calls and…

Bitcoin plunges below $20,000, may reach $10,000 level this year

After showing some stabilisation in the last few weeks, world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin has plunged once again below $20,000 after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s keynote address. Bitcoin initially showed little reaction to Powell’s remarks, but then nosedived sharply and on Sunday, it was hovering around $19,975 per digital coin which is more that 60…

Explained: Ethereum set for mega ‘merger’ to become m

Ethereum, the network behind the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap (after Bitcoin), will move from a proof-of-work consensus mechanism to a proof-of-stake blockchain next month in a process called “the merge”. That will make Ethereum at least “99 per cent more energy efficient”. The Ethereum Foundation has said that the Merge Blockchain upgrade is scheduled…

WazirX co-founder raising up to $20 mn for new blockchain venture

Crypto exchange WazirX’s co-founder Nischal Shetty is raising $17-$20 million for his new Blockchain-based venture called Shardeum. According to sources, the funding will take the valuation of Shardeum, which Shetty is building with his US-based Co-founder and Blockchain architect Omar Syed, to nearly $200 million. Shetty told IANS that the startup is raising seed funds,…